Self-denial

MTH is going global. Or, at least, one of its regular readers and contributors is.

Hopefully we'll see many more oddities in Jon C's new Californian surroundings.

Like this, for example, which he spotted on a Solicitor's door in Palo Alto.

Apologies to US readers.

But it does work well in the UK.

Cash and burn

Thanks to Em J for sending in this photo which he found on Facebook.

A £20 fine, eh?

Well good luck collecting that.

Schoolboy error

I can imagine the look of anticipation and excitement on the face of the member of staff at Copthill School who'd been given responsibility for the school's website when the designer suggested having a load of different scrolling images on the Home Page.

Unfortunately, as Jon C points out, the pictures and the links below them don't always work too well together.

I mean, I know that schools are all for promoting diversity and inclusion.

But Our Parents?

I don't think so.

Socksy pictures

Browsing through shutterstock.com the other day, presumably looking for some images to use, Jon C came across this photo of some hand-knitted gift socks.

Only, the translation of the description didn't go quite the way you'd expect.

Now Jon didn't say - and I certainly didn't ask him - for what particular type of image and for which of those specific keywords he was searching. And for what purpose.

We can only hope that socks for Christmas gifts were on his mind.

And nothing else.

S-S-S-Single zed

Portsmouth comes up trumps again with this poster outside a restaurant in Southsea.

I get the triple s to emphasise how the sssteaksss sssound when they're being cooked.

It actually works quite well.

But the poor old z on its own looks lonely and sad.

Not exactly the mood any restaurant would wish to convey.

A good excuse, then, to cheer ourselves up with Noosha and friends.